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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Online Gaming Legal Status

Blazej Bulski BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA NEWS REGULATIONS 26 January 2018 No comment

To understand online gaming legal status and regulations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, you have to understand the political structure of the country first. It consists of two entities, Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and although there is the state government, these entities have their own sets of regulations when it comes […]

Serbia - How to Open Gaming Establishment

szarlot REGULATIONS SERBIA 12 January 2018 No comment

The Act on Games of Chance that came into force on December 2, 2011, allowed companies apart from the state-owned Državna Lutrija Srbije to offer games of chance. In this guide we present you the requirements a company has to meet in order to run a land-based casino or a slot parlour.

Czech - Finance Ministry surprised success

szarlot CZECH REGULATIONS 11 January 2018 No comment

Almost a thousand of the Czech Republic’s gambling houses have closed traffic due to a new law. Nearly a thousand of camps ended at the turn of last year and this year. The number was also surprising by the Treasury, because it is roughly three times what was expected by Deputy Finance Minister Ondřej Závodský. […]

Latvia - New tax on winnings!

Blazej Bulski LATVIA NEWS REGULATIONS 11 January 2018 No comment

Pursuant to the Act of 22 November 2017, Parliament adopted amendments to the Act on Private Income Tax. Any winnings in excess of EUR 3,000, payable on a one-off basis, are subject to 23% personal income tax.

Ukraine - Bookmakers hosted bids on Poroshenko’s speech on New Year’s Eve

szarlot REGULATIONS UKRAINE 10 January 2018 No comment

The gambling industry has advanced as far as possible and has reached the point that bookmakers even accept bets on the New Year’s congratulations of the presidents.

Russia - new gambling law

Iwo Bulski REGULATIONS RUSSIA 7 January 2018 No comment

Gaming operations in Russia will be regulated by new taxing law, exempting casinos from deducting fees.

Slovakia - The amendment to the Gaming Act, in force since January 1, 2017, has brought about fundamental changes.

Iwo Bulski REGULATIONS SLOVAKIA 7 January 2018 No comment

Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) - Since the beginning of the new year, gambling in Slovakia is more regulated. Gaming machines and other gaming machines should definitely disappear from hospitality and similar devices. Breach of the law will result in fines for operators, warns the Ministry of Finance (MF) of the Slovak Republic.

Poland - The prosecutor’s office is reopening the investigation into the gambling scandal

Iwo Bulski EXPERTS POLAND REGULATIONS 2 January 2018 No comment

The National Public Prosecutor’s Office resumes the investigation of the gambling scandal. The proceedings concern decisions of officials from the Ministry of Finance from 2006-2009 regarding the registration of thousands of so-called “One-armed bandits”. The national prosecutor Bogdan Święczkowski decided about the resumption of the investigation after a

Czech - Changes in casino operation after 1. 1. 2018

Iwo Bulski CZECH REGULATIONS 1 January 2018 No comment

Operation of technical games and betting games in a casino on the basis of a permit issued pursuant to Act No 202/1990 on lotteries and similar games after 1 January 2018.

Poland - European commission withdraws from the adjudication of online-gambling disputes.

Iwo Bulski POLAND REGULATIONS 25 December 2017 No comment

The European Commission does not want to have anything to do with the gambling industry complaints against individual EU countries, including Poland.